Keskiviikko 🇫🇮 Miðvikudagur 🇮🇸

Well, my students seemed to enjoy the class today. After carefully planning the lesson, I came up with a fairly good syllabus about giving directions. I started the class with the previously discussed review section, during which we reviewed some of the vocabulary from the previous lessons. They did a fantastic job translating the Hungarian words into English and vice versa. 

We moved on to the new vocabulary section when we completed the list. I brought seven new words - I know I'm supposed to focus on four or five new words, but this is what they'd asked me to do, so I kept my promises - and besides, they knew some of them, the context I provided them with helped them a lot - as well as the eliciting questions - to find out the meaning of each unknown words.

Once we completed this section, we moved on to the next chapter: checking the previously learned vocabulary. I created a list with the essential words and expressions and asked them to check the items and tell me what they had issues with. There were only a couple of new things they were not familiar with, but the example sentences and my explanation helped them to find out their meanings.

The last part of the class was about giving directions. I asked them to create an itinerary and tell their peers how to get to a place they want the others to visit. I also gave them enough time to jot down the instructions and use the list that contained the essential words and expressions. They seemed to enjoy it, and even though two of them couldn't finish the task in time - which is why it became their homework - one of them did an excellent presentation. I was over the moon. 

I enjoyed today's teaching tremendously. I could gradually introduce more and more English talk on my part, and I could goad them to use English more. They are still far too shy to switch entirely to English during the class, but soon, I need to up the ante. It's a fantastic group, and all of them are extremely intelligent.